Museum to help with World War I centennial

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The Associated Press

A woman walks through the District of Columbia’s World War I Memorial on the National Mall May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. People around the United States celebrate Memorial Day to honor veterans and those members of the US military who have fallen in past and present wars. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages)

CHICAGO (AP) — A commission responsible for planning activities to honor the centennial of World War I will get some help from a military museum in Chicago.

The Pritzker Military Museum & Library will be named as a founding sponsor of the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission. The partnership and contributions will be officially announced Tuesday.

Museum & Library Founder and Chair Jennifer Pritzker is a retired colonel of the Illinois Army National Guard. Her grandfathers served in World War I, which gives her a personal reason for getting involved.

The Pritzker Museum will help the commission through July 2019 in developing programs and materials observing the 100th anniversary of the war.